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Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) leaves 10 Downing Street following a meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on July, 26 2008. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott) The e-mail, signed by Capt. Jeffrey S. Porter of Bagram Airbase, a Utah Army National Guard member assigned to the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion, described the July 19 visit to the base by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, saying Obama "shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service" in favor of a photo op on a basketball court, Army Times reported. Porter said soldiers get more thanks from NBA players or the cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys than from Obama. "I just don't understand how anyone would want him to be our commander-in-chief," the captain wrote. "These... [read full story]
